British paratroops inside a Dakota transport aircraft on their way to Holland during 1st Airborne Division's operation to Arnhem, 17 September 1944. Christmas A female worker operates a

A female worker operates a winch at a shipbuilding yard on the River Clyde in Scotland during the First World War

as if in salute

Three 8-inch howitzers of 39th Siege Battery

Photograph taken during their tour of troops preparing for D Day near Lydd and Hastings in Kent

watches the beginning of the German retreat from El Alamein from the turret of his Grant Tank

British paratroops inside a Dakota transport aircraft on their way to Holland during 1st Airborne Division's operation to Arnhem, 17 September 1944. Christmas A female worker operates aBritish paratroops inside a C 47 transport plane to land with the First Allied Airborne Army on enemy held Holland.